Shrimp boats
D - G - D -
G
D G D G
D
Shrimp boats is a-comin', their sails are in
sight,
D G D G D
shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin' tonight !
D G
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry
home?
D G
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry
home?
D G D G D
Look here ! The shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin' tonight !
+ repeat CHORUS
D G D G D
+ Shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin' tonight !
D G F#m D
1. They go to sea with the evenin' tide
D A D
and
the women folk wave their good-bye.
D Em D
Em
There they go, there they go,
G Gm D
while
the Louisiana moon floats on high,
G Gm D
and
they wait for the day they can cry.
+ repeat CHORUS
D G D G D
+ Shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin' tonight !
D G F#m D
2. Happy the days while they're mending the nets,
D A D
'til once more they ride high out
to sea.
D Em D
Em
There they go, there they go,
G Gm D
then
how lonely the long nights will be,
G Gm D
'til that
wonderful day when they sing...
D G D G
D
Shrimp boats is a-comin', their sails are in
sight,
D G D
G D
shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin' tonight !
D G
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry
home?
D G
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry
home?
D G D G D
Look here ! The shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin' tonight !
D G D G
+ Shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dancin', there's dancin',
D G
there's
dancin', there's dancin',
D G D
shrimp
boats is a-comin’ tonight !
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Jo
Stafford)